This is the "Juniper Branch", without cheating, do you know what neighborhood it's in?

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The Phoenix branch library systems have names that are a play on the fact that they're "branch" libraries. I.E. the Ironwood Branch, Mesquite Branch, etc. While this is cute and its nice that they reflect desert plants, it doesn't help create a sense of place or neighborhood identity.

Too often in Phoenix people will say something like "I live at 19th Ave and Bethany Home" instead of "I live in Christown." It makes for a cold, lifeless feeling to our City.

One easy thing the City can do to help with this identity crisis is to simply rename the libraries for the neighborhoods they're in:

Burton Barr Central Library....no change, "Central Library" is fine
Acacia Library ---> Sunnyslope Library
Century Library ---> Biltmore Library
Cholla Library ---> Metrocenter Library
Desert Sage Library ---> Desert Sky Library
Harmon Library ---no change necessary
Ironwood Library ---> Ahwatukee Library
Juniper Library ---> Deer Valley Library
Mesquite Library ---> Paradise Valley Village Library
Ocotillo Library ---> South Phoenix Library
Palo Verde Library ---> Maryvale Library
Saguaro Library ---> Arcadia Library
Yucca Library ---> Christown Library
Desert Broom Library---> Tatum Ranch or Desert Ridge Library
Cesar Chaves Library ---> Laveen Library
Agave Library --->Adobe Mountain Library (or Adobe Dam, or simply Adobe)

This also makes looking things up on the libraries website more convenient. When it tells you that a book is only available at the "Mesquite" library you don't have to then go search and figure out that its in Paradise Valley Village.